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Biglaw, Blind Item, Summer Associates
Rescission Watch: Which Biglaw Firm Is Pulling Offers?
Which firm is making its would-be associates scramble for new jobs? Could it be yours? -
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Small Law Firms
Plowing Through Associates, And Proud Of It
"Human resources" is a very different concept at law firms and corporations, as in-house columnist Mark Herrmann explains.
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Blind Item, Clerkships, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, Food, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
A Blind Item Revealed: A Judge Whose Clerks Must Cut His Grapefruit
Should a high-powered clerkship require clerks to cook? -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Dissolution, In-House Counsel, Lateral Moves, Law Firm Mergers, Partner Issues
Predictions -- Based On Empirical Evidence -- For 2014
What does former Biglaw partner and current in-house columnist Mark Herrmann predict for 2014? -
Biglaw, Blind Item, In-House Counsel, Litigators, Partner Issues
A Tale Of Two Edits
How can an editor enjoy revising one document and loathe revising another based solely on the anticipated responses to the edits? -
Amtrak, Biglaw, Blind Item, Job Searches, Rudeness, Summer Associates
Biglaw Blind Item: This Firm's Summer Associates Are 'Idiots'
This Biglaw attorney hates summer associates -- and is happy to announce it in a public place. -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Biglaw Blind Item: Partner Payment Problems?
Which law firm is the next Dewey & LeBoeuf? Well, how about a law firm where partner draws are delayed? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Rankings, Summer Associates
The Games Biglaw Firms Play When It Comes To Filling Out Surveys
Biglaw firms know how to game self-reported surveys... -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Boutique Law Firms, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Intellectual Property, No Offers, Summer Associates
A Summer Associate Story Update: In Defense of the Fitzpatrick Cella Fella
Here is yet another account of what went down at the infamous Fitzpatrick Cella wine tasting event, involving a gun, a managing partner's boyfriend, and way too much to drink.... -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Boutique Law Firms, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Intellectual Property, No Offers, Summer Associates
Boutique Blind Item Revealed: More On The Infamous Firearms Incident -- And An Allegedly Naughty Summer Associate....
Guns + Alcohol + Summer Associates = Trouble. More about the firearms incident at a leading IP boutique, including the name of the firm -- and the alleged antics of the summer associate. -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Boutique Law Firms, Drinking, Guns / Firearms, Intellectual Property, No Offers, Summer Associates
IP Boutique Blind Item: When The Managing Partner's Boyfriend Allegedly Pulls A Gun On You
It's so awkward when you touch the managing partner and her boyfriend pulls a gun on you, isn't it? -
Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Blind Item, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Dissolution, Money, Nauseating Things, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Biglaw Blind Item: The $6 Million Men(Plus additional tidbits about Dewey partner compensation.)
Who are the two Dewey & LeBoeuf partners who earned more than $6 million in the year leading up to the firm's bankruptcy filing?
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Findings from the "Future of Professionals Report," based on a survey of 1,200 professionals from North and South America and the UK.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few.
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Biglaw, Blind Item, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs
Biglaw Blind Item: How Dewey Feel When Other Firms Make Jokes?
Now other firms are making jokes at Dewey's expense. Is Dewey's possible demise a laughing matter? -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Perks / Fringe Benefits, Real Estate
Biglaw Blind Item: Paradise Lost
For a Biglaw partner, is there anything more humiliating than being stripped of a corner office? -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Benchslaps, Blind Item, Diarmuid O'Scannlain, Federal Judges, Law Reviews, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: In Defense of Dissentals
What does Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit think of dissents from the denial of rehearing en banc (aka dissentals)? -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Partner Issues, Romance and Dating, Sex, Sex Scandals
Biglaw Blind Item: Making (It With A) Partner
We begin this Biglaw blind item with a fairly familiar setup: a partner sleeping with an associate. Shocking, right? Well, let's add a few elements to the mix.... -
Biglaw, Blind Item, Nauseating Things, Paralegals, Partner Issues
A Biglaw Bathroom Blind Item
We know how you love blind items. And we know how you enjoy potty humor. So let’s mash up these two categories, to generate a Biglaw bathroom blind item…. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Blind Item, Hotties, Nude Dancing, Partner Issues, Summer Associates
Biglaw Blind Item: A Partner Walks Into a Strip Club....
Our latest Biglaw blind item concerns the sighting of a partner at a strip club. Right now you're probably thinking: yawn. A law firm partner at a strip club? As they say, it happens every day (or night -- and often gets billed to "business development"). But there are a few more details that make this item noteworthy.... -
Blind Item, Law Professors, Law Schools, Romance and Dating, Weddings
Law School Blind Item: Hot for Teacher
Romances between law professors and law students: they happen. Law students are adults, after all, and they should be allowed to make their own decisions in matters of the heart. Our latest blind item has to do with the extracurricular activities of a prominent law professor....